News Newscan: 911 calls after Ida went unanswered due to ‘antiquated’ technology 31st August 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations 911 calls after Hurricane Ida went unanswered due to ‘antiquated’ technology Axon acquires My90 to connect cops with community feedback Startup reveals autonomous drones for first responders T-Mobile hacker who stole data on 50 million customers: ‘Their security is awful’ Indiana corrections uses software to reduce prison assaults […]
News Newscan: Report details mishandling of police emergency system, simulcast failures on 1/6 29th August 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Report details mishandling of police emergency system, simulcast failures on 1/6 Critical update: When seeing no longer means believing, what’s a government to do? Rescue robots get a speed upgrade for rough terrain Cloud-native incident management streamlines emergency response SpaceX adding capabilities to Starlink Internet satellites, plans to […]
Partner content Microsoft Azure cloud vulnerability exposed thousands of databases 29th August 2021 Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform exposed the database keys of 3,300 customers, including Fortune 500 enterprises, that had used a data-science feature available on the platform since 2019, cloud security firm Wiz said this week. The company discovered a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Microsoft’s implementation of Jupyter Notebooks, a popular interactive Web application for data science. This […]
News Mutualink launches LNK360 interoperability platform 28th August 2021 Mutualink recently announced the launch of LNK360, a revamp of its interoperability software platform that includes new features and an architecture that is designed to improve both resiliency and flexibility, according to Mutualink Chairman and CEO Mark Hatten. “Products evolve, especially in the software world. You get to a point in the evolution of your […]
Partner content Blockchain primed for AI data sharing in predictive maintenance 27th August 2021 Predictive maintenance customers of industrial equipment producer Robert Bosch will soon be able to leverage blockchain to exchange data with peers without triggering privacy controls. Blockchain relies on decentralized nodes to scatter blocks of decrypted information across multiple computers on a network, which together form a single authentic record that can’t be altered. The latest […]
Partner content Lockheed Martin: 5G from space is ‘ultimate high ground’ for US military 26th August 2021 Lockheed Martin, the US military’s biggest contractor, announced a new satellite dish the company said could be used for a 5G network that may eventually help to sync up every weapon under the Pentagon’s control. To be clear, Lockheed Martin’s latest announcement represents one minor step toward a goal that military planners have set for […]
News Samsung announces 3GPP IWF-based solution supporting MCPTT-LMR interoperability for public safety 25th August 2021 Samsung this week announced a new solution that meets the 3GPP standard for Land Mobile Radio Interworking Function (LMR-IWF), which is designed to let public-safety LTE systems interoperate with P25 and other types of LMR networks. Timothy Paul, senior manager of sales for Samsung Electronics America’s networks business and the author of a blog outlining […]
Partner content SpaceX has shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals 24th August 2021 Starlink, SpaceX’s low Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite broadband service, has reached a deployment milestone with word this week that the company has shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced the milestone Monday on Twitter, adding that Starlink now serves parts of 14 countries. “Our license applications are pending in many more countries. Hoping to […]
Partner content Attackers increasingly target Linux in the cloud 24th August 2021 Linux has been the favored operating system of system administrators and hackers, but now the operating system has become a significant target of cybercriminals as well, with malware — such as Web shells and coin miners — running from Linux containers and about 200 different Linux vulnerabilities targeted in attacks. That data, from security firm Trend […]
News AT&T confirms that Samsung developed FirstNet PTT, the initial MCPTT offering in the U.S. 24th August 2021 Samsung developed FirstNet PTT, the first U.S. offering designed to meet the 3G standard for a mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) service, an executive for FirstNet contractor AT&T has confirmed—more than a year after the product was unveiled and weeks after a second MCPTT option from Motorola Solutions was announced. Although FirstNet PTT was announced in March 2020, […]
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